Arburg has signed an agreement to acquire Stork IMM, a Hengelo, Netherlands-based maker of injection molding technologies.

Arburg CFO Steffen Kroner and CTO Guido Frohnhaus signed the purchase agreement July 29 with Philip Stibbe, shareholder of Stork IMM and founder of Stibbe Participaties B.V. The transaction is expected to be finalized in September.

“By purchasing Stork IMM, we are investing strategically in the future with a focused and long-term view,” said Volker Nilles, CEO of Arburg, “and in this way want to strengthen Arburg’s position in the global injection molding market. With this acquisition, two strong brands that have been well known on the market for many decades are now coming together: a clear win-win situation for everyone, and especially for customers.”

Stork established a U.S. subsidiary in 2024, and launched its first all-electric line at K 2025. Stork specializes in high-speed injection molding machines for large and thin-wall packaging applications.

“The Stork machines are therefore ideally suited to extending the Arburg portfolio very quickly — but with a lasting and long-term impact — and strategically to include machines with a clamping force in excess of 5,000 kN and for the packaging industry,” Nilles said.

Eric Pans, CEO at Stork IMM, adds: “The acquisition by Arburg will help to strengthen and expand Stork’s business activities, among other things through international sales and service capacities, a broader product range, synergies in purchasing and supply chain, as well as further professionalization of processes.”

Arburg, based in Lossburg, Germany, manufactures injection molding machines, automation, turnkey solutions and digital products and services.